CVE-2026-43085: netfilter: nfnetlink_log: initialize nfgenmsg in NLMSG_DONE terminator

Published May 6, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nfnetlinklog: initialize nfgenmsg in NLMSGDONE terminator

When batching multiple NFLOG messages (inst->qlen > 1), nfulnlsend() appends an NLMSGDONE terminator with sizeof(struct nfgenmsg) payload via nlmsgput(), but never initializes the nfgenmsg bytes. The nlmsgput() helper only zeroes alignment padding after the payload, not the payload itself, so four bytes of stale kernel heap data are leaked to userspace in the NLMSGDONE message body.

Use nfnlmsgput() to build the NLMSGDONE terminator, which initializes the nfgenmsg payload via nfnlfillhdr(), consistent with how buildpacketmessage() already constructs NFULNLMSGPACKET headers.

Affected Software

16 affected components
Linux Linux kernel
Linux Linux kernel>=2.6.23.1<5.10.258
Linux Linux kernel>=5.11<5.15.209
Linux Linux kernel>=5.16<6.1.175
Linux Linux kernel>=6.2<6.6.136
Linux Linux kernel>=6.7<6.12.83
Linux Linux kernel>=6.13<6.18.24
Linux Linux kernel>=6.19<6.19.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23
Linux Linux kernel=7.0-rc1
Linux Linux kernel=7.0-rc2
Linux Linux kernel=7.0-rc3
Linux Linux kernel=7.0-rc4
Linux Linux kernel=7.0-rc5
Linux Linux kernel=7.0-rc6
Linux Linux kernel=7.0-rc7

Event History

May 6, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:40 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:40 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·10:16 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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